1933 ANNUAL REPORT, 1933 



STATISTICS 



Attention is drawn to the various statistical tables provided as appen- 

 dices to this report, and which tables supply in detail, information regarding 

 the output of the fish hatcheries and rearing stations maintained and 

 operated by the Fish Culture Branch, as well as information as to the 

 designation and location of the various waters which have been re-stocked 

 during the year. 



There will be found in addition, statistics in respect of the commercial 

 branch of our fisheries, and throughout the report itself are tables having 

 reference to other aspects of Departmental activity, all of which have been 

 carefully assembled and prepared, and those who are interested therein 

 wall find them of considerable interest and value. 



GAME 



The numbers of licenses to authorize the hunting of large game animals 

 — deer, moose and bear — as issued during the year, and as compared with 

 similar figures for the two previous years, are as follows: — 



1933 



Resident Moose 1,135 949 



Resident Deer 22,932 19,065 



Xon-resident (general) hunting 1,309 997 



Reference to the reduction in the numbers of these licenses is made, 

 and again it is the belief of the Department that for the most part the 

 1 eduction would be attributable to the conditions previously mentioned as 

 being responsible for the general decline which was suffered in the annual 

 revenue collected. 



From reports which have been submitted by the various District 

 Superintendents, and which have been prepared from information supplied 

 by the field officers in their respective jurisdictions, the following is provided 

 as a summary of conditions existing throughout the year as they have 

 applied to our game — both animals and birds: — 



Deer. — While conditions remain about the same with possibly some 

 slight improvement in those sections in which there is the greatest con- 

 centration of hunters, in the north where such intensive hunting does not 

 exist a noticeable increase in the numbers of these animals is reported. 



Moose. — Conditions as they have existed in more recent years continue 

 to apply, and may be described as being but fairly good. 



Caribou. — Whatever improvements has been noted is local and not 

 general, and nothing to warrant any change in the regulations which exist 

 to provide complete protection for this species. 



